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FedEx loses another driver misclassification case, in Maine

March 27, 2014 By PAI

A federal judge in Portland approved a settlement saying FedEx Ground misclassified 141 drivers. The drivers will net $3.9 million in back pay and damages.

Bangladeshi workers seek support from U.S. students

March 27, 2014 By Barb Kucera

"I saw many of my co-workers, trapped like a sandwich, one upon the other. It's true that I survived, but I saw many of my co-workers die."

Racial discrimination leads to increased deaths of black women from breast cancer

March 27, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Although breast cancer survival rates increased overall between 1990 and 2010, white women benefited far more than did black women.

Exxon Mobil deal with Ukraine factors in Russia’s Crimea policy

March 26, 2014 By Greg Rose

The awarding of rights to develop a major natural gas find in the Black Sea may have strongly predisposed Russia to support the referendum which resulted in the reunion of Crimea with Russia.

New Mexican miners commemorate “Salt of the Earth”

March 26, 2014 By Roberta Wood

"Where is Anita Torrez?" growled the sheriff's deputy at the young pregnant woman sitting at a table stuffing envelopes inside the union hall's doorway.